By starting the key management utility (iKeyman), you can create
a new key database, create a self-signed digital certificate, add certificate
authority roots to the key database as a signer certificate, and request and
receive a digital certificate from a certificate authority (CA).
About this task
WebSphere Application Server provides a graphical tool, the key management
utility (iKeyman), for managing keys and certificates. With the key management
utility, you can:
- Create a new key database
- Create a self-signed digital certificate
- Add certificate authority roots to the key database as a signer certificate
- Request and receive a digital certificate from a CA
To start the key management utility, complete the following steps:
Procedure
Change to the install_root/bin directory of
the WebSphere Application plug-ins on your workstation. For example, on a
Microsoft Windows system, this is C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin by
default.
- Issue one of the following commands:
Results
A graphical user interface of the key management utility appears.